U.S. Korean War POWs may have been held in China

From: VFW, Veterans of Foreign Wars Magazine | Date: May 1, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

Is it possible that hundreds, or even thousands, of U.S. GIs still missing from the Korean War could have died as POWs in China or the Soviet Union? Some recently declassified Korean Warera Army reports appear to say, "yes."

"One of the most significant features in U.N. POW treatment and policy is the movement of U.N. POWs into Manchuria and into South China," according to an unattributed Army report dated Dec. 15, 1951. "Manchurian camps house a great many U.S. POWs, and Manchuria is a staging area or collecting point for U.S. POWs."

It added that about 2,500 U.S. POWs were being held in ...

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